Lion King Auditions - SNL

♪♪♪ >>> THIS WEEK, DISNEY ANNOUNCED THE CAST FOR THE LION KING LIVE ACTION REMAKE, WHICH IS SET TO STAR BEYONCE AND DONALD GLOVER. HOWEVER, MANY OTHER PERFORMERS AUDITIONED TO A PART OF THIS EPIC FILM. HERE ARE THOSE SCREEN TESTS. >> LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA. >> HAKUNA MATATA IN MY MEDULLA OBLONGATA -- I ONLY GOT ONE SHOTA. AND THEY KILLED MY FATHER. >> I'M SORRY. ARE YOU CRYING? >> NICK OFFERMAN READ FOR HYENA. >> MUFASA, MUFASA, MUFASA. AND THEN I LAUGHED. HA. >> CUT. >> ALL RIGHT, DIRTY B AND OFFSET AS TIMON AND PUMBAA. ♪♪♪ CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT NUKE NUKE. >> HAKUNA. >> MATATA. >> >> KIT HARINGTON FOR SIMBA. >> OH, I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING OF THE NORTH. SORRY. JUST COMES OUT. IF IT PLEASE YOU, I'D LIKE TO TRY THE MONKEY. >> LL COOL J READING FOR PUMBAA. [ LAUGHTER ] WILL YOU SAY THE LINE, PLEASE? >> HAKUNA PATOOTO. [ LAUGHTER ] >> OPRAH READING FOR RAFIKI -- >> TODAY'S GUEST, SIMBA! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> -- READING FOR SIMBA. >> THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM RIGHT HERE. >> ALL RIGHT. JOHN OLIVER READING FOR ZAZU -- >> A VERY BAD SIMBA. WE ALL THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD, SIMBA. DON'T DO THAT TO YOUR MOM, SIMBA. AND NOW THIS -- >> STERLING K. BROWN, AND KRISTEN SCHAAL READING FOR TIMON AND PUMBAA. >> WHEN I WAS A YOUNG WARTHOG I THOUGHT OF CHANGING MY NAME. >> OKAY. >> WHAT'S IN A NAME? >> YEAH. >> I GOT DOWN HEARTED. >> NO. >> AND EVERY TIME THAT I FARTED. >> FARTED? OH, MY GOD. [ LAUGHTER ] >> MARY J. BLIGE READING FOR PUMBAA. >> HEY MAMA. HEY MAMA. KENYA. >> JAMES GORDON AS ZAZU. >> SIMBA, EVERYBODY. >> CELINE DION. >> OKAY. FOR THE CHILDREN -- ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪

Channel: Saturday Night Live

Views: 5,093,882

Rating: 4.886591 out of 5

Keywords: SNL, Saturday Night Live, SNL Season 43, Episode 1730, Tiffany Haddish, Mary J Blige, Cardi B, Offset, Chris Redd, Kit Harington, Alex Moffat, Oprah Winfrey, Leslie Jones, Eminem, Pete Davidson, Lin Manuel Miranda, Cecily Strong, John Oliver, Mikey Day, Nick Offerman, Beck Bennett, LL Cool J, Kenan Thompson, Sterling K Brown, Kristen Schaal, Heidi Gardner, James Corden, Aidy Bryant, Celine Dion, Melissa Villasenor, s43, s43e5, episode 5

Id: 69gqiLLCHak

Length: 2min 36sec (156 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 11 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/shal0819]

I need to see more of that Kristen Schaal impression.

Seemed pretty great, but a bit too short to tell.

[u/stinsonlegend]

The Kristen Schaal and John Oliver impressions were perfect.

[u/juliandaly]

Wait John Oliver is actually voicing Zazu.

[u/MintyTyrant]

Oh my god the Kristen Schaal was perfect.

[u/FriendFoundAccount]

Beck on point as Nick Offerman

[u/bobdebicker]

Most of these were pretty awful. That Kristen Schaal though....that was good.

I miss Bill Hader.

[u/ballsofgeddylee]

You get a lion..you get a lion.. you ge

[u/mopeywhiteguy]

who was doing the Kristen Schaal impression?